Unusual fossil revives old debate about the prehistoric giant Spinosaurus


Beneath the sun of the central Sahara lies Jenguebi. In the region in the middle of the barren expanses of the Niger, US paleontologist Daniel Vidal discovered a bone that initially appeared to be a vertebra – until further exposure revealed a curved skull crest. It was an anatomical feature that once adorned the head of a Spinosaurus – the giant, sail-backed theropod that has puzzled science for over a century.



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